Blimey - don't know what's happening with my shipment - I thought mine was already in Frankfurt - but no it didn't leave China till today and its been via Kazakhastan and its currently over Leipzig - landing in Frankfurt in about an hour !!!

I would rather go through this pre-order and wait instead of waiting until late Jan - Feb to buy one in store. I've decided to get an iMac since Jan 2012, but deliberately held out until they either refreshed or release a new design. I've been waiting for almost a year for this. Very exciting time for me

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Nah, it looks like his mouse pointer.

Thanks! Now it really looks like the cursor.
I was really freaked out...

I suppose our 27" will travel together to some destination in Europe!?
Just imagine them in the plane:
- Hi! I'm a Mac.
- Hi! I'm a Mac too. I'm a recent Mac. The very latest 27" i7 blahblah
- Oh! I see! So am I! Nice to meet you mate! How's your drive fusionning?
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Did anyone with an original delivery window of Jan 2-7 get theirs shipped already?

Had mine ordered at about 9:25 on 11/30 but I think the bank transfer will have pushed my order back in the line...

Same for me, my original delivery was for the week before, but the delivery date was pushed back to Jan 2-7 because I had to wait for the money to transfer. That didn't happen until the next day (Sat) even though I was told it would take up to 2 working days. I had phoned Apple Friday evening they told me this wouldn't effect my delivery dates - but it did!